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Viaduct update pushed back

Traffic analysis of eight possible replacements for Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct will be presented to a citizen panel on Nov. 13, a week later than initially planned, because officials said the work “is taking longer than we anticipated.”

The analysis, intended to show how well each replacement option wil handle the 100,000-plus vehicles and trips using the viaduct each day, will be presented at a viaduct stakeholders committee session from 4;30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 13, at Town Hall, 1119 – 8th Ave., Seattle.

The postponement in the presentation was announced Monday by officials of the state, city and King County departments of transportation.

The presentation was initially scheduled for this Thursday (Nov. 6) but that session has been canceled, a state spokeswoman said. State, city and county officials plan to develop a series of replacement options to present to Gov. Christine Gregoire, Mayor Greg Nickels and King County Executive Ron Sims by the end of the year.

The three executives plan to choose the viaduct replacement beween South King Street and the Battery Street Tunnel. Construction of a new interchange near the stadiums is already planned to begin next year and relocation of utilities has begun. Replacement of the viaduct north of King Street could start within two years.

Replacement options include two four-lane elevated highways, two tunnels, three options shifting traffic to surface streets and one partially-lidded trench.

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